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LONDON - Bulgarian violinist Vasko Vassilev will be concertmaster at the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey in London on May 6, Vassilev's team reported. The Coronation Orchestra will comprise members of many UK orchestras. Sir Antonio Pappano has been confirmed as conductor. "I am privileged and honoured to receive this invitation and to be a part of this historic event," Vassilev said. "The king has for years supported musicians in the UK, including us at the Royal Opera House, and therefore I take the job with great responsibility, excitement and pleasure." The exact line-up of the Coronation Orchestra and the setlist remain to be determined. Vasko Vassilev was born in Sofia in 1970. Having taken his first violin lessons at the age of five, in 1980 he was sent by the Bulgarian government to further his education at the Central School of Music of the Moscow Conservatory. In 1988, he settled in London as the youngest post-graduate at the Guildh

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